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>> some news out of washington today. white house officials say the president was updated this morning about the threat. he will continue to be updated throughout the evening. it's a normal weekend routine. golfing, going to camp david to celebrate his birthday. >> so, what has changed in the middle east? in north africa? since that attack in benghazi because it's natural to try and draw a correlation between what happened then, a year ago, and what is taking place now with these closings. >> you look at what is going on and you look at the fact that we are only a few weeks before the first anniversary of that attack on the u.s. in benghazi. the obama administration at the time criticized for not responding strongly enough to the threat. this time, officials say they are acting out of what they call an abundance of caution, but there is some direct effect out of what is happening. the pentagon approved a marine team for the area. roughly 1,500 marines on ships in the red sea. around 500 marines split between italy and spa
>> some news out of washington today. white house officials say the president was updated this morning about the threat. he will continue to be updated throughout the evening. it's a normal weekend routine. golfing, going to camp david to celebrate his birthday. >> so, what has changed in the middle east? in north africa? since that attack in benghazi because it's natural to try and draw a correlation between what happened then, a year ago, and what is taking place now with these...
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you think about the timeline here, 3:00 in washington. it is getting to be sunday or very close to sunday in some of these areas that are being affected by the embassy and consulate closures. a white house official says today the president was update about the threat. he's going to continue to be updated throughout the weekend. we're told the white house also says that it will not comment on specific intelligence when it comes to this story, particularly as it relates to a "new york times" report since some of this chatter about threats came from operatives. recently al qaeda seemed to appoint a number 2 to the organization, and he's based in yemen where officials say much of this chatter has originated. >> here in the united states it's not been a top, top priority for this terrorist group in yemen which still has significant resources. now that he's got this potentially new position in the al qaeda global network, is he now going to reprioritize hitting the united states? that would be a very warning scenario for officials. >> of course
you think about the timeline here, 3:00 in washington. it is getting to be sunday or very close to sunday in some of these areas that are being affected by the embassy and consulate closures. a white house official says today the president was update about the threat. he's going to continue to be updated throughout the weekend. we're told the white house also says that it will not comment on specific intelligence when it comes to this story, particularly as it relates to a "new york...
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response here in washington. a white house official says the president was updated this morning about the threat. he's going to continue to be updated throughout the weekend. meanwhile, he's continuing with his routine weekend schedule, golfing, going to camp david to celebrate his birthday. the embassy closings are officially for sunday, but could be extended to more days. yesterday, we were talking about a number at 21. it was updated overnight to 22. that includes the u.s. consulate in basra. these stretch all across north africa and middle east. germany and britain have said they plan to close their embassies in yemen sunday and monday and now, france has said it plans to do the same. all of this coming from the terrorist chatter described by officials as credible and something they're taking seriously, yet nothing that's specific, so a former u.s. ambassador to iraq explains how he views this response to the threat. >> there have been incidents where they've closed down a number of embassies in the middle ea
response here in washington. a white house official says the president was updated this morning about the threat. he's going to continue to be updated throughout the weekend. meanwhile, he's continuing with his routine weekend schedule, golfing, going to camp david to celebrate his birthday. the embassy closings are officially for sunday, but could be extended to more days. yesterday, we were talking about a number at 21. it was updated overnight to 22. that includes the u.s. consulate in...
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it will be an anxious night in washington. the state department won't know until it tomorrow whether a threat from al qaeda was a real plot for a phantom. in either case, the danger was real enough for nearly two dozen embassies and consulates to close up shop. and obviously this isn't the first time that washington has seen threats like this, but one high ranking lawmaker, representative peter king, says he's never quite seen one like this. >> well, the numbers are so biggie can't go into them other than the fact that it definitely is planned a very enormous attack, a catastrophic type of attack. that's probably the best way to describe it. and i can't really go any further than that. >> let's now hear more from cnn's emily schmidt in washington. >> reporter: anna, one of the most unusual aspects of the u.s. deciding to close so many embassies and consulates was that it came with a specific date attached, sunday. now that action is closely watched to see if there will be a terrorist reaction. >> out of an abundance of caution
it will be an anxious night in washington. the state department won't know until it tomorrow whether a threat from al qaeda was a real plot for a phantom. in either case, the danger was real enough for nearly two dozen embassies and consulates to close up shop. and obviously this isn't the first time that washington has seen threats like this, but one high ranking lawmaker, representative peter king, says he's never quite seen one like this. >> well, the numbers are so biggie can't go...